All articles by Alex Farber – Page 107
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NewsRoughcut duo reunite for film venture
Roughcut TV boss Ash Atalla and his former head of comedy Dan Hine have reunited to establish a comedy feature film company.
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RatingsGBBO bows out on a high
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s final episode of The Great British Bake Off bowed out with a peak of 14.9m viewers – the format’s biggest overnight audience yet.
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NewsLime embraces WhatsApp after Hollyoaks success
Lime Pictures is to embrace messaging service WhatsApp and story curation platform Wakelet across its programme slate after a successful Stand Up To Cancer-related campaign.
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NewsRadio 4 continues to ride high
Radio 4 continued its upward trajectory in the wake of Brexit, the only BBC station to make year-on-year gains, according to the latest Rajar results.
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NewsBBC boots up Gold Rush game maker
The BBC is launching a Gold Rush ‘game maker’ to tie in with Dan Snow’s forthcoming BBC2 show – enabling audiences to create their own adventure.
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NewsFraser hunts public films for Yaddo
SVoD documentaries service Yaddo is to commission 125 documentaries from members of the public over the next 12 months.
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RatingsWalking Dead shocks 800k
MONDAY: The Walking Dead roared back onto Fox with 800,000 viewers – outperforming Channel 5 in the 9pm slot.
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NewsMaker Studios heads to TalkTalk
Maker Studios has struck its first deal with a UK platform with a raft of short-form content made available to view on-demand via TalkTalk’s TV service.
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NewsAMC rolls out SVoD horror service
Ahead of Halloween, AMC Networks has rolled out VoD horror service Shudder in the UK and Ireland.
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RatingsHim fails to match The Missing
WEDNESDAY: Him, Mainstreet Pictures’ supernatural thriller for ITV, was unable to outperform its debut drama Unforgotten.
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NewsAOL UK takes ‘huge leap’ with in-house originals
AOL UK has ordered the first batch of original series from its in-house division, as the fledgling production arm shifts gear.
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NewsVice News staffs up
Nightly show Vice News Tonight is to launch on Vice in the UK as the fledgling broadcaster staffs up its newsroom with eight hires.
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NewsRaised By Wolves: Caitlin Moran launches crowdfunding campaign
Caitlin and Caroline Moran have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £320,000 to put a third series of their comedy Raised By Wolves into production.
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RatingsStrictly hits 10m peak
WEEKEND: Strictly Come Dancing hit a series high on Saturday as The X Factor slipped to a low.
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NewsFacebook woos broadcasters
Facebook has urged multichannel broadcasters to take advantage of its digital services including Facebook Live, 360 video and messenger bots to help them compete for audiences with larger rivals.
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NewsVR push gains momentum
The virtual reality revolution gathered pace this week as Sky launched a dedicated app, while two senior broadcasting executives founded production companies dedicated to the fledgling format.
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NewsTwofour founder chairs creative agency
Twofour founder Charles Wace has been appointed as chairman of Beagle as the creative agency prepares to expand into original content production.
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NewsAurora & Little Dot win Formula E show
Little Dot Studios has partnered with Aurora Media Worldwide (AMW) to produce a Formula E magazine series and separately the All3-backed business has hired DRG’s commercial director.
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NewsComedy writers win Big Talk-backed award
Four women have been selected as the recipients of the inaugural Betty Box and Peter Rogers comedy writing programme – with their winning scripts set to be developed with Big Talk Productions.